PROLOGUE

I searched this forum, and many other pages over the net, but haven’t found a 1080p extended edition of any Star Wars movie (yet); so I think it could be a good idea to start this project - that, I’m aware, is really ambitious.

What I’d like to do is to reinsert as many deleted/extended scenes as possible; I know ADigitalMan did a good job, with his prequel trilogy extended edition DVDs; but, at the time, the BDs were not available yet, with all their exclusive deleted scenes; also, don’t know anything about similar HD finished projects of original trilogy, or EP 7.

Complete anymatics scenes, or ones with a lot of unfinished effects, will be left out (unless someone is so skilled to finish them!); good quality finished scenes will be left untouched, apart a bit of denoise and upscale; good quality partially unfinished scenes will be analyzed, to see if it’s possible to finish them, or cut the unfinished parts leaving enough worth footage; bad quality finished scenes will be cleaned as much as possible and, if final quality is reasonably good, they will be used; missing or unfinished audio should be replaced, to obtain usable footage.

This topic will be mainly used to discover which scenes, technically or not, could be used, and which could be corrected (and how), or not to be used at all.

SCENES RESTORED AND READY FOR THE PROJECT

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Anakin’s Scuffle with GreedoDFR/DVD (00:51) (finished) *****

Bail Organa of AlderaanDFR/BD (00:17:02) -> Coruscant (almost finished) ***
Even if here Bail Organa is not played by Jimmy Smiths as in Episode 2 and 3, (and this should be Bail Antilles, by the way) I think this shot could be inserted as well, as his name (Bail Organa) is not spoken - so, it should be anyone else, right? Blue screen * may * be replaced quite easilyhttps://vimeo.com/198253552

Complete Podrace Grid SequenceDFR/DVD (06:45) (finished) *****

Dawn Before the RaceDVD (01:05) (finished) *****

Extended Podrace Lap 2DFR/DVD (03:48) (finished) *****

Farewell to JiraDVD (00:59) (finished) *****

The Waterfall SequenceDFR/DVD (01:45) (finished) *****

The Air Taxi SequenceDVD (01:03) (finished) *****Contains only few seconds at the end, irrelevant to the story, BUT… I attached it to corresponding following scene taken from the theatrical version LD, which has no wipes - you could watch the test clip, scroll the post until the end

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Extended duel with Count DookuEP III Videogame (00:03) ***
Dooku says “Just because there are two of you, do not assume you have the advantage.”; 3s cut dialog reinserted in the movie from Playstation 2 videogame.https://vimeo.com/196883276

Extended Podrace WagerBD (01:21:19) -> Tatooine (mostly unfinished) ***
Almost all shots has animatics and unfinished background; other similar shots from previous/following scenes * may * be used instead

Numerous shots were cut from the Battle of Naboo, including the lightsaber duel in the Theed Generator Complex. (Many of these can be briefly seen during some of the DVD documentaries.)
These scenes should still be identified precisely, but, even if briefs, maybe it’s possible to cut them together in a proper way; audio probably must be replaced

Anakin and RuweeBD (00:41:24) -> Naboo (finished) ****
Frame should be cut to the correct aspect ratio, and colors should be corrected to be similar to the movie

Anakin’s NightmareDFR/BD (00:55:00) -> Naboo (almost finished) ***
There are few shots with R2 animatic; maybe is it possible to “cut&paste” it from this, or previous, movie - or cut the shots with animatics

The Lost TwentyBD (00:53:09) -> Coruscant (partially unfinished) ***
Some blue screen replacement, and frame cut/zoom needed; * may * be possible to do that.

Extended duel with Count DookuEP III Videogame
Quality of the video should be checked

The Naboo star skiff shown flying off from Mustafar to Polis MassaTeaser
Shot should be seen and checked

Anakin and Obi Wan exchange lines out side of the night club on CoruscantTeaser 3, 1:14 ****
Quality is good, but colors are different, and audio should be corrected

DVD menu ****

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Changes to the ConstitutionBD (01:49:12) -> Coruscant (finished, hardsub) ****
Just little hardsub to cancel, should be quite easy

Grievous Slaughters a Jedi / Escape from the GeneralDFR/DVD (almost finished) ****
Need some work to be used without cuts: green screen and ropes are quite easy; “fake” liquid should be replaced, don’t know if it’s possible

Elevator AnticsBD (01:25:21) -> Coruscant (almost finished) ****
A shot or two should be finished, * could * probably be replaced with other shots

Vader is holding his hands up with bent armsTeaser (00:08) ****
Even if quality is good, don’t know if/where to place it

Dir. Cut. Emperor attacks EndorRinzler ebook (01:21) b&w ***
This could be used as guideline to insert JerJerrod’s part of BD deleted scene; still possible to reuse film shots to reconstruct the first part of this scene, and therefore use the dialog within a music backgrond that should be added.

Jabba dailyRinzler ebook (00:53) ***
Jabba’s original English dialogue, quite different from the final subtitles; could be used with some corrections, and obvious redubbing.

*Sarlacc Pit FallsRinzler ebook (00:36) ***
various shots of bad guys who finish in the Sarlacc’s mouth; can be used if the shots are more interesting than the one in the movie.

EditDroid laserdisc deleted scenes

DVD menu ****

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Various shots not seen in the movieTrailers/Teasers/etc. ****

“Chewie, we’re home!” is a different take

Kylo Ren turns on his lightsaber and crossguard

Maz Kanata hands Luke’s lightsaber to Leia.

The closeup of stormtroopers readying blasters on the transport & the ramp dropping from inside.

Rey frantically starting up her speeder

Rey driving off in her speeder

X-wings flying low over the water - from teaser 2

The mirrored shot of Rey, where she carries her staff on one shoulder, and her salvage bag over the other, which was always paired with the shot of Rey helping Finn off the ground

Another shot of Rey on Jakku, where she carries both her staff and salvage bag, from TV spots.

The shot used in the trailer (and nearly every TV spot afterwards) where she stares off into the distance while she’s scrubbing the salvage is a different take (probably when they still had her watching the family boarding the ship to leave Jakku).

the shots of the Knights of Ren in the promotional footage is different

the shot of Phasma walking right-to left across screen through the village in the promotional footage.

The shot of Finn popping up in the desert on Jakku is in the film, but not the slow shot of the desert

Rey reaction shot on her speeder - from teaser #1

Poe’s “woo-hoo!” (they used a different take)

Kylo turning around from - teaser #2 (they used a different take)

Stormies turning around at Starkiller (they used a different take)

The hangar bay shot - from teaser #2

Rey and moisture vaporaters - from teaser #2

Rey lending her hand to Finn (they used a different take)

TIE pilot shot - from teaser #2

Finn taking off the helmet - from trailer #1 (not deleted, but reversed)

Finn and Rey on the Falcon - from trailer #1 (Finn doesn’t walk up to where Rey is)

Han’s “all of it” (different take)

Falcon jumping into hyperspace

Poe and Finn at the base (different take)

Han from the first TV spot (not this exact shot)

Rey leaving the Star Destroyer wreckage (longer)

Rey looking into the distance while cleaning her loot (longer)

Finn waking up after the crash (longer)

Rey stands in front of the exhaust of a dead star destroyer (2s longer)

Various voiceovers not heard in the movieTrailers/Teasers ****

Maz Kanata asks Rey who she is, and she replies “No-one.”

“The Force is strong in my family…" (redubbed for the trailer, not the ROTJ)

Finn says, “I was raised to do one thing, and I’ve got nothing to fight for.”

Kylo Ren says, “Nothing will stand in our way. I’ll show them the Dark Side.”

SOME TECHNICAL INFO (in no particular order)

Still undecided which versions to use - theatrical? 1997? 2004? 2011? Probably 2004, as it has more scenes than theatrical ones; the most offending changes (Greedo shot, Anakin’s ghost etc) will be taken from theatrical, or 1997 version.

The BD levels will be scaled from 16-255 to 16-235, to be TV compliant.

2004 MPEG-2 and AVC HDTV will be slightly cleaned and merged, to squeeze every possible detail.

Color correction: for the prequel, a slight depink (and maybe some contrast and/or brightness adjustment) will be done; for the original trilogy, still undecided what to do; for Episode 7, I will like to fix the teal&orange

For Episode 1 deleted scenes from DVD; I used both PAL and NTSC DVDs, to gain a bit of resolution, and a grandtotal of 12 horizontal lines - wow, we are talking about 1.5% more image here! (^^,) The PAL and NTSC were cleaned, carefully upscaled and aligned, overlaid, then the result image was slightly depinked.

For Episodes 2 and 3 deleted scenes from DVD, the same technique may be used; further testings needed

For Episode 1, few shots from theatrical version (LD/SDTV), not present on DVD or BD version, will be used.

Final release will be BD-25

Audio tracks will be in English for the whole extended movie, while I have yet to decide if add foreign tracks for the non-extended parts, and leave the extended part in English with subtitles, or add just the foreign subtitles.

Release time: I want to wait some time, to discover eventual deleted scenes not present in the reference link

Episode 1 DVD cleaned and upscaled scenes are almost ready (2 or 3 days); BD scenes should be prepared, but they will take not much time; encoding time will take a day; when the final project will be ready, it will take a week (at least) to torrent/upload it completely; my goal is to try to release it before this Xmas!

HELP NEEDED!

a really big fan who knows anything about Star Wars, and, of course, released video - all the original DVDs and BDs are mandatory; more knowledge on video material like laserdiscs, VHS, TV and web documentaries, trailers, teasers etc. is really welcome; he will help to find out as many deleted scenes as possible - even the two seconds long ones hidden in some trailer! found, benduwan; also, pittrek and darth_ender help a lot!!!

a good audio editor, to repair or replace audio tracks when needed found, MWilson!